Window frame



W. H. COX

WINDOW FRAME Jan. 7, 1930.

Filed April 10. 1328 -2 Sheets-Sheet l Jan. 7, 1930. -w. H. cox 1 7 2,435

WINDOW FRAME Filed April 10, 1928 2 heets-Sheet 2 rv/m'am H a,

- Way Patented Jan. 7, 1930 1 WILLIAM n cox, or miss CITY, KANSAS 1 o FlcE w nnow FRAME.

Application filed April 10,

This invention relates to an anchor device designed particularly for use in connection with window frames although the same may be employed for door frames and the like, and has forits primary object the provision of such a device which will securely anchor a frame in position and prevent the same from warping away from the wall in which it is set.

In building construction difficulty is experienced in preventing window and door frames from warping away from the. surrounding wall structure, after they have been put therein, due to the absorption of moisture from the walls before the same are dry.

The present device is designed to overcome this difliculty by anchoring the frame in such a way that it can not come away from the adjacent wall face.

The invention broadly contemplates the provision of a plate, preferably centrally apertured, which is-embedded in the wall and which has an exposed portion which engages the adjacent side of the frame when the same is set in the Wall opening providedtherefore.

This frame engaging portion securely grips the frame and prevents it from drawing away from the wall.

' The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of the pres-. ent invention, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or' modificationsmark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims. 0 r v In the drawings:

Figure 1' shows a portion of a window frame structure and wall showing in elevation, the device embodyingthe present invention,in position. Y

, Figure 2 is a horizontalsection taken sub-V stantially upon tlieline 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is'a detailed perspective view of V the anchor device embodying the presentinvention. 1' j Figure 4 isa transverse sectional view of the -"ears bein 1928. Serial no." 268,914.

I, to the frame Figure 5 is a View similar to Figure lshowing a modified form of the anchor device in elevation. Y Y

Figure6 is a horizontal sectional view taken upon the line 6 -6 of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a detailed perspective view ofa portion of the modified anchor structure.

Figure 8 is'a view similar to Figure 6 taken before the frame is placed in position showing the method-in whichthe plate is con structed to receive the frame.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the description of the present invention will be confinedto the structure'shown in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, wherein the numeral 1 indicates generally the window frame, the inner and outer side plates of which are indicated by the numerals 2 and 8 respectively, the plates being connected by the face plates 4.

The inner face of the inner plate is provided with the usual guide strips 5 between which the sash 6 slides.

The device embodying the present invention comprises the plate 7 the central portion of which is cut away as indicated at 8.

As shown in Figure 3 the plate 7 isof generally elongated rectangular contour and has attached to one end edge, the transversely extending bar 9,Ithe lower edge of which is flush with the lower face of the plate while the top edge extends a substantial distance above the upper face of the plate. This bar 9 as shown in Figure 2 is at one end, flush with one side edgeof the plate and has the opposite endiextended a slight distance be, I

yond the other sidejedge thereof.

Each end of the bar has extending therefrom the right angularly relatedears 10,these shown. p c Each of the ears 10 and thebar 9 is provided with a plurality of nail orscrew-apertures 11 through which securing devices can be passed when the anchor device isplaced in position upon the outer plate of the window frame in the manner shown.

g directed away'from' the plate 7 as i The present anchor plate is attached to the outer plate 3 of the window frame by arranging the bar 9 against the face thereof with the cars 10 countersunk in the edges of the plate as shown in Figure 4, the extended end of the bar being arrangedadjacent that side of thewindow frame against which the inside trim, indicated by the numeral 12, is

secured. This method of positioning the anchor plate arranges the longitudinal edge of the plate inwardly of the inner face of the wall 13 in which it is imbedded so that when the wall is completedno portion ofthe plate plate being indicated as a whole by the numeral 14. j

The anchor 14 comprises a rectangular plate body 15 having a central aperture therein as indicated at 16. This plate has formed across a portion of one end edge a bar 17 one endof which terminates flush with one longitudinal edge thereof asshown in Figure 8 while the otherendv terminates inwardly of the opposite edge. The said opposite edge of the plate is provided with a slot 18 which is, in depth,equal to the distance between the edge and the adjacent end of the bar 17 and open through the end edge against which the.

bar is secured.

Designed to be positioned in the slot 18 is an elongated plate 19, one end of which is pivotally secured between the upper and lower faces of the slot as indicated at 20 thus permitting the plate to be swung to position within the slot or to a position where it extends laterally of the adjacent longitudinal side of the plate 16 as shown in Figures 7 and 8.

The free end of the swinging plate 19 connects with the portion 21 of the angled mem-' ber 22, the other portion 23 of this member projecting from and longitudinally of the swinging plate 19 in the manner shown. From this it will be readily understood that when the swinging plate 19 is moved to position in the slot 18 the portion 21 of the member 22 will be arranged adjacent the free end of the bar 17 arranging the portion 23 of the angled member in right angled relation to the bar and extending from and longitudinally of the plate 15.

The otherend of thebar 17 is provided with the'angularly extending ear 24 which extends in the samedirection as the portion 23 of the angled member, when the same is closed, thus giving an anchor structure of substantially the same design as that shown and described in connection with the Figures 1 to 4i inclusive.

As shown in Figure 5, the plate 15 can be positioned in the wall 25 before the window frame structure which is indicated as a whole by the numeral 26, is placed therein, the outer portion of the wall being provided withthe usual overlapping portion 27 which lies across the outer face of the frame. The inner face of the wall adjacent the edge against whichthe window frame positions, is provided with'the pocket 28 to permit the member 22v to be swung to the open position as shown in Figure7. After the wall has set the frame 26 can then be placed in the openingprovided therefore and the member 22 swung to the position shown in Figure 6 where it may be secured by passing a screw .3

or similar appropriate securing device 29 through the aperture 30 formed in the portion23 of the member. The finishing trim 31 can then be applied to the inner face of the frame, which trim covers the pocket 28 and hides from view the anchor device, the inner longitudinal edge of the plate being arranged inwardly of the portion 23 the same as in the plate 7 so that no part thereof will be exposed from the inner face of the fin- L ished wall 25.

From the foregoing description it will be readily understood that there has been pro-- vided ajmuch needed device for anchoring window frames to the building walls in which they are positioned, particularly walls of stone, cement block, or poured cement'to prevent them from buckling or warping awa from the wall.

aving thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. An anchor device for window and door frames, comprising a plate designed to be imbedded in a building wall, adjacent the frame opening,a bar carried by said plate and exposed in the same opening, engaging elements carried by theanchor for connection with a frame'placed in the opening, and

for) means whereby one of said elementscan be shifted to facilitate the positioning of the frame in the opening.

2. An anchor device for window and door frames, comprising a plate designed to be imbedded in a building wall, adjacent the frame opening, its, side edges bein within the facesof said wall, a bar'carrie by. said plate and exposed in saidopening, engaging elements at the extremitiesof the bar for connection with theframe, one end ofsaid bar terminating short of one side edge of. the

plate, a separate movable section carrying one of said engaging elements which when shifted into closed position extends the bar beyond the side edge of the plate andflush with the face of the wall.

in said opening, engaging elements at the extremities of the bar for connection with the frame, one end of said bar terminating short of one side edge of said plate, a separate section pivoted in said slotted portion j which when shifted to closed position extends the bar beyond the side edge of the plate and flush with the face of the wall. a

4. An anchor device for window and door frames, comprising a plate designed to be imbedded in a building wall, adjacent the frame opening, its side edges being within the faces of said wall, and slotted at-one corner, a bar carried by said plate and exposed in said opening, engaging elements at the extremities of the bar for connection with the frame, one end of said bar terminating short of one side edge of said plate, a pivoted seetion in said slotted portion carrying an engaglng element whose pivot traverses said.

slot, a pivot arm with a thickness substantially that of the breadth of the slot, the arm being substantially within the slot when the movable section is shifted to closed position to extend the bar beyond the side edge of the plate and flush with the face of the wall.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

- WILLIAM H. COX. 

